1) which intelligence test involves measuring verbal skills and performance skills?
a.miller analogy
b.binet
c.stanford-binet
d.wechsler
2) damaging the ventromedial region of the hypothalamus of a rat will cause _____, and
as a result the rat will become _____.
a.hyperphagia; dangerously thin
b.aphagia; obese
c.aphagia; dangerously thin
d.hyperphagia; obese
3) the concept of emotional intelligence has been criticized for considering a set of
skills to be a form of intelligence. which other theory of intelligence has been criticized
for the same reason?
a.gardners
b.sternbergs
c.binets
d.spearmans
4) scripts are good because they _____, but can be bad because they _____.
a.provide a guide to behavior in a given situation; reinforce stereotypical behaviors
b.reinforce stereotypical behaviors; provide a guide to behavior in a given situation
c.provide a guide to behavior in a given situation; take time to activate
d.provide a flexible way to assess a situation; reinforce stereotypical behaviors
5) the two types of ions that control neuron firing are:
a.nitrogen and calcium
b.calcium and sodium
c.sodium and potassium
d.potassium and magnesium
6) which of the following is the most likely cause of insomnia?
a.disrupted sleep cycles
b.altered theta waves
c.narcolepsy
d.worrying about sleep
7) you catch your 12-year-old sister smoking. she says that she likes to smoke because
her friends smoke. you tell her she does it because she is addicted. which of the
following terms correspond to the stated levels of analysis for the smoking behavior?
a.cultural; psychological
b.cultural; biological
c.social; psychological
d.social; biological
8) the idea that the brain is extremely malleable and is continuously changing as a result
of injury, experiences, or substances is known as:
a.the action potential
b.the all-or-none principle
c.plasticity
d.synesthesia
9) of the following people, who would have the best prognosis of recovering from
schizophrenia?
a.reinhard, a male who lives in germany and who developed the disorder as a child
b.jalisa, who is from the united states and developed the disorder as a child
c.safia, who lives in egypt and developed the disorder later in life
d.roberto, who lives in the united states and developed the disorder later in life
10) when the moon is high in the sky it will appear _____ when it is close to the
horizon.
a.larger than
b.just as distant as
c.more distant than
d.closer than
11) aaron took calculus as a freshman in high school, but he is now taking it again as a
college senior to fulfill requirements for his major. based on your knowledge of
memory, you could predict that the material would take _____ in his college class as it
did in his high school class.
a.as much effort and as much time to learn
b.less effort but as much time to learn
c.as much effort but less time to learn
d.less effort and less time to learn
12) when petra jumps into a cold lake, she feels as though she is freezing. after a few
minutes, she no longer notices the cold and feels comfortable in the water. this change
is an example of:
a.coarse coding
b.just noticeable difference
c.sensory adaptation
d.sensory threshold
13) yeast causes bread to rise, and sugar activates the yeast. in terms of human
behavior, yeast is like _____ and sugar is like _____.
a.motivation; motivation
b.emotion; emotion
c.motivation; emotion
d.emotion; motivation
14) traynor is suffering another bout of major depression. since the 1970s, he has tried
all of the most common antidepressants, and few seemed to work well for him. he is
also concerned about side effects, especially sexual side effects, from medication.
which of the following drugs will his doctor be most likely to prescribe to traynor?
a.a tricyclic or a neuroleptic
b.a monoamine oxidase inhibitor or a tricyclic
c.a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor or a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
d.bupropion
15) if a researcher wanted to study the behavior of protesters who were in a closed
group and did not easily admit new people, the researcher would probably use which of
the following approaches to study them?
a.naturalistic observation
b.participant observation
c.meta-analysis
d.closed-ended questions
16) raul saw a car crash on the way to campus. yosep participated in a psychology
experiment in which he saw a film of a car crash. how accurate would you expect these
memories to be, given the research on event memory?
a.yoseps memory will be more accurate than rauls memory.
b.rauls memory will be more accurate than yoseps memory.
c.raul and yosep will have equally accurate memories.
d.yoseps memory will be more accurate, but rauls memory will be more vivid.